Part 6Mortuaries etc.
Provision of mortuaries
I188Provision of mortuaries by health boards
1
Each health board must provide or ensure the provision for its area of such—
a
premises and facilities for the reception and temporary storage of the bodies of persons mentioned in subsection (2); and
b
premises and facilities for the post-mortem examination of such bodies,
as it considers appropriate.
2
Those persons are persons—
a
who die in a hospital in the board's area; or
b
who die elsewhere and whose bodies are brought to such a hospital.
3
Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to bodies of persons the reception, storage or post-mortem examination of which is required for the purposes of the functions or under the authority of the procurator fiscal.
4
In this Part, “mortuary” means premises and facilities provided by virtue of this section or section 87.